Category Archives: Crime & Safety

Please join my office as we hold a series of public safety forums across our ward for police and other agencies to hear constituent concerns and to showcase the best ways we can work together to keep our community safe. We will have Chicago Police Commanders, representatives from the State’s Attorney’s Office and others. Watch for a [...]

This alert gives notice to the community in the 18th District on Beats 1811, 1812 & 1813 of an increase in residential burglary-related incidents. The offender(s) makes entry into the residence by breaking a window or entering through an open door. The offender(s) then removes the victim’s personal property from the residence. Incident times and [...]

About the Crime: This alert gives notice to the community in the 18th District of an offender that is wanted for aggravated robberies that are being committed on Beats 1814 & 1831. The offender approaches the victim on the street and implies he has a weapon. The offender then takes the victim’s personal property before [...]

About the Crime: This alert gives notice to the businesses in the 18th and 19th Districts on Beats 1811 & 1934 of an increase in burglary-related incidents. The offender makes entry into the retail or business location by breaking the glass on the front door. The offender then removes personal property from the location. Incident [...]

One of the most common types of theft is theft of valuables from your automobile especially during the holiday season. Theft from auto is primarily a crime of opportunity that can often be prevented. Thieves generally won’t waste their time breaking into autos that don’t have valuables in plain sight The best way to prevent [...]

About These Crimes This alert gives notice to the businesses in the 18th (Near North) District of recent burglary incidents. In the reported incidents, the offender made entry into the retail or business locations by prying open the front door. The offender then removed United States Currency from the cash register or money bags. Incident [...]

About These Crimes This alert gives notice to residents of the 018th District (Near North) of a criminal sexual abuse that occurred on the 1000 block of west Armitage on October 6th at approximately 01:30a.m. The below described offender attacked and fondled an 18 year old female victim as she entered her apartment building. The [...]

Wanted for Armed Robbery with a Handgun 19th (Town Hall) District About the Crime: There have been two recent armed robberies that have occurred in Area North, 19th Police District where three offenders robbed citizens at gunpoint, taking cell phones, purses, wallets and money. The incidents occurred in the early morning hours. In one case [...]

A career criminal is going back behind bars after citizens decided not to sit back! Alderman Michele Smith (43rd) and others went as court advocates to the Cook County Circuit Courthouse in Skokie on Monday to make sure career criminal Jonah Kinsey got a full measure of justice for burglarizing a Gold Coast garage while [...]

A North Side alderman is making a case for people becoming court advocates, by showing up in court in cases involving their community, no matter how “minor” the alleged crime. Ald. Michele Smith (43rd) sent out an e-letter to residents recently, asking people to turn out when a man goes to court on Aug. 26 [...]